Siheyuan: Pushing Huairu, the Prime Minister admits defeat

Li Huaide was racking his brains to prepare for his escape to southern Yunnan, to avoid the limelight and plan for later gains. The real boss of the steel rolling mill, Director Yang, was also not idle. At this moment, he was sitting in a chair with his legs spread out, smoking happily, and listening attentively to the reports of the head of the personnel section and the deputy director of the logistics department.

"Director Yang, we have been deceived by Li Huaide for so many years. You don't know that Li Huaide has been bullying our factory all these years, and has unscrupulously placed his cronies there. Even the gatekeepers of the security department are his relatives with the surname Li, who can't read a single word. He just short of arranging the Li family's wild dogs to be black-backed wolfhounds. That's not all. Li Huaide has relied on his prestige to suppress comrades who don't get along with him all these years. Anyone who dares to disobey him will be directly sent to the foundry to work as a foundry worker, which is hard and tiring, and the food is like swill."

Chief Ma of the Personnel Department is well-informed and has long been aware of Li Huaide's precarious situation. As the saying goes, a man of insight is a hero. Although he has been willing to be Li Huaide's minion and compete with Director Yang over the years, and has done many shameful things for Li Huaide, Chief Ma still knows exactly where to stand at the critical moment.

He decisively chose to abandon darkness and join the arms of Director Yang in time, secretly praying that Director Yang would be as tolerant as a prime minister and as generous as a general, and would not care about his dark history.

Otherwise, without Li Huaide's protection, after Director Yang regained the right to speak, who knows what miserable situation he would fall into. He was unwilling to go to southern Yunnan with Li Huaide to suffer hardships and live under someone else's roof.

So after weighing the pros and cons, Section Chief Ma readily chose to sell out his master for fame and fortune.

Life isn't shabby...

Deputy Director Zhou of the Logistics Department, who was also trembling with fear and full of flattery, was rubbing his hands and taking a few steps back in embarrassment. Seeing that Director Yang was about to shake off the ash, he hurriedly and tactfully handed over his hand, allowing Director Yang to put out the cigarette butt in his palm.

"Director Yang, Chief Ma is right. You don't know that I have endured hardships and followed Li Huaide all these years just to collect evidence of his crimes, hoping that one day this evil man will be brought to an end. Now it seems that it is time to confront Li Huaide and settle old scores."

At the moment when the still burning cigarette butt touched his palm, Deputy Director Zhou felt a sizzling sound, perhaps an illusion or because it was too quiet, as if a hot iron was rolling back and forth on it, causing a piercing pain.

"Oh? It seems that our Director Zhou has a hard time. Is it a helpless move to get along with Li Huaide? Tsk tsk tsk, does your hand hurt? The temperature of this cigarette butt is not low. Our Director Zhou has delicate skin and tender flesh. It would be bad if he got burned."

"How dare I? As a subordinate, I am here to serve Director Yang. As long as Director Yang is happy, these are nothing. Not to mention a cigarette butt, even if it means going through fire and water, I will do it without hesitation!"

Although Deputy Director Zhou grimaced in pain from the scorching heat, he did not dare to show any sign of retreat at this moment. After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, being able to bend and stretch is basically a necessary skill. If he did not appreciate it, he would have been beaten to death on the shore long ago.

Not to mention that Li Huaide has been in charge of the logistics and life areas in recent years. Deputy Director Zhou, as Li Huaide's confidant, has taken advantage of his position in charge of logistics to help Li Huaide solve problems and send him local specialties.

Of course, it is human nature to make some money for yourself and reward yourself for your loyalty.